Shadow Puppetry 1 (Level 1)
Chinese Theatre Works teaches a live online introduction to shadow puppetry covering desktop theatres, basic figures, environments, music or text, and world traditions.
When
July 27 – August 10, 2026
Mondays and Wednesdays, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM CT
Price
$250
Check the organizer for final availability.
Location
Live Online
Worldwide
Organizer
Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival
online
Why it belongs on Shadow Pals
Hands-on shadow puppetry workshop with a direct organizer source.
Make it part of your practice
Explore shadow puppet guides before you go, then bring the ideas you discover back to your own light-and-shadow practice.
More to Explore
June 1 – December 31, 2026
Darkness and Light: Shadow Puppets of Asia
Exhibition featuring a world-class collection of Asian shadow puppets gifted by theatre scholars, alongside puppets from the University of Hawaii.
August 5–30, 2026
Book of Shadows
Underbelly presents Book of Shadows, a dark comedy in which two puppeteers cast giant shadows for an occult mystery at the 2026 Edinburgh Fringe.
Saturday, August 22, 2026
String & Shadow: Night at the Opera
Fremont Arts Council presents Olympia-based String & Shadow Puppet Theater for a free outdoor performance of Night at the Opera.